Hey folks,
In the last two days, one of my cats, Toby, has peed / pooped in my room. Let me start out by saying that I believe this to be 1. my fault (I'll explain) and 2. him repeating what he did yesterday...
I know that anytime a cat pees outside of the box, you should take them to a vet... However, I have a vet appt. on Wednesday for Frazier, so I may take Toby along if my plan doesn't fix matters.
The facts:
1. I seperate toby from the two kittens during feeding time (because he is on a limited diet due to possible allergy).
2. I put toby in my room, and feed the kittens in the kitchen.
3. I release toby after the kittens and he have finished eating.
4. The "peeing" only started yesterday during such a feeding scenerio.
The situation (Thursday night):
- I seperated the cats as usual, gave toby and the kittens wet food, and confined toby to my room while they ate.
- I left toby in my room for about 1 hour (the kittens were being slow eating their food and I hate to waste wet food).
- When I let him out I noticed the unmistakable odor of poo (he had pooped on my bed) and later found that he had peed in a cat bed in the room as well.
Actions I took:
- Thuroughly sprayed both spots with nature's miracle (after disposing of the waste)
- Stripped the bed and washed the sheets and comforter and washed the bed. (used regular detergent on both and pinesol on the bed).
- Put different set of sheets on the bed
The situation (Friday night-today)
- I had to seperate them again to feed them, but this time, they ate dry food and Toby was only in my room for 5 minutes tops.
- I opened the door to find him "leaving the scene of the crime" as he jumped off of my bed-where he had peed on the comforter yet again.
Actions I took:
- Stripped bed and sheets (yet again). Sprayed bed and comforter with nature's miracle and washed all soiled linnens.
The plan:
- Wash all soiled laundry at least twice, this time around... pinesol, nature's miracle, the whole nine yards... and let everything air-dry thuroughly.
- Put a litter box in my room (for use only when confining cats there to eat).
- For the next week or so, allow no cat access to my room, unless supervised.
- When seperating cats for feeding, confine kittens in my room and toby out in the kitchen (with litterbox access).
- Keep a litter box in my room for use when confining cats.
Do you think this will work?
At this point, I think this has just become a "habit" for Toby, also, maybe the comforter was not washed well enough, so it still carried the "scent" of where he had pooped on it before. I'm hoping that thuroughly removing any traces of the poo/pee and keeping him away from that area (in the short term) will help him "forget" this new habit.
Also, important to note, Toby hasn't had any other "accidents" in any part of the house. He also did not go on my bed during the day (when the door was open).
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Art
In the last two days, one of my cats, Toby, has peed / pooped in my room. Let me start out by saying that I believe this to be 1. my fault (I'll explain) and 2. him repeating what he did yesterday...
I know that anytime a cat pees outside of the box, you should take them to a vet... However, I have a vet appt. on Wednesday for Frazier, so I may take Toby along if my plan doesn't fix matters.
The facts:
1. I seperate toby from the two kittens during feeding time (because he is on a limited diet due to possible allergy).
2. I put toby in my room, and feed the kittens in the kitchen.
3. I release toby after the kittens and he have finished eating.
4. The "peeing" only started yesterday during such a feeding scenerio.
The situation (Thursday night):
- I seperated the cats as usual, gave toby and the kittens wet food, and confined toby to my room while they ate.
- I left toby in my room for about 1 hour (the kittens were being slow eating their food and I hate to waste wet food).
- When I let him out I noticed the unmistakable odor of poo (he had pooped on my bed) and later found that he had peed in a cat bed in the room as well.
Actions I took:
- Thuroughly sprayed both spots with nature's miracle (after disposing of the waste)
- Stripped the bed and washed the sheets and comforter and washed the bed. (used regular detergent on both and pinesol on the bed).
- Put different set of sheets on the bed
The situation (Friday night-today)
- I had to seperate them again to feed them, but this time, they ate dry food and Toby was only in my room for 5 minutes tops.
- I opened the door to find him "leaving the scene of the crime" as he jumped off of my bed-where he had peed on the comforter yet again.
Actions I took:
- Stripped bed and sheets (yet again). Sprayed bed and comforter with nature's miracle and washed all soiled linnens.
The plan:
- Wash all soiled laundry at least twice, this time around... pinesol, nature's miracle, the whole nine yards... and let everything air-dry thuroughly.
- Put a litter box in my room (for use only when confining cats there to eat).
- For the next week or so, allow no cat access to my room, unless supervised.
- When seperating cats for feeding, confine kittens in my room and toby out in the kitchen (with litterbox access).
- Keep a litter box in my room for use when confining cats.
Do you think this will work?
At this point, I think this has just become a "habit" for Toby, also, maybe the comforter was not washed well enough, so it still carried the "scent" of where he had pooped on it before. I'm hoping that thuroughly removing any traces of the poo/pee and keeping him away from that area (in the short term) will help him "forget" this new habit.
Also, important to note, Toby hasn't had any other "accidents" in any part of the house. He also did not go on my bed during the day (when the door was open).
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Art